Drawing-table.



No. 794,359. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

T. KING.

DRAWING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5. 1904.

In ento Witness 5 b 9 ,7 I I I 1 Attornegs I I I Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT Urrrca.

THOMAS KING, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

DH 'AWlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,359, dated July 11,1905.

Application filed December 5, 1904. Serial No. 235,616.

20 all w/wm it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS KING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Drawing-Ta ble, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to drawing-tables, and has for its object toprovide for the convenient support of a roll of paper or drawingsbeneath the top of the table in such a manner as to facilitate theunwinding of the roll and the stretching thereof across the top of thetable into position to work thereon when the roll is composed ofdrawing-paper and to take tracings therefrom when the roll is a roll ofdrawings such, for instance, as maps.

It is a further object of the present invention to embody the same inthe nature of an attachment capable of being readily applied to theunder side of any ordinary drawingtable without altering or changing thesame and without interfering with the ordinaryuse thereof.

WVith these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of adrawing-table equipped with the attachment of the present invention.Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail cross-sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is adetail view of the track or guideway for the slidable support of one ofthe brackets of the present device.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery ligure of the drawings.

In explanation of the application and operation of the present inventionthere has been shown in the accompanying drawings a drawing-board ortable-top l, which is supported in the usual manner upon the trestles 2,from which the board. or table-top can be conveniently removed when itis desired to set the table out of the way. These parts are common andwell known, and therefore may be varied considerably in form withoutaffecting the present invention.

The present attachment includes a pair of guideways (designated 3) whichare provided with internally-flanged grooves I upon their under sidesand also provided with perforate ears 5, applied to the under side ofthe board or table-top and secured thereto by means of suitablefastenings, preferably screws. These guideways are spaced at suitableintervals and extend transversely across the under side of the table ordrawing-board and are open at their opposite ends, the front ends of theguideways being located adjacent the front of the table. For eachguideway there is a bracket consisting of a substantially horizontal bar6, having a longitudinal web or flange 7 at its upper edge andprojecting at opposite sides thereof, so as to run in the guideway. Fromthe front of the bar or body 6 there depends an arm 8, and an inclinedbrace 9 extends from the lower end of the arm to the rear portion of thebar 6. The front and lower ends of the arm 8 and the brace 9 merge intoa forwardly-directed hooked or concaved seat .10, and in the seats ofthe two brackets there is supported a dished tray or receptacle 11,which is substantially semitubular in shape and is open at oppositeends.

The front edge of the table or drawing-board is cut away or providedwith a longitudinal notch 12, which extends nearly the entire length ofthe board or table, there being a wooden bar or strip 13 secured to theend 'portions of the front edge of the table by suitable fastenings 14:,so as to bridge the notch and constitute a longitudinal slot at thefront edge of the table or drawing-board.

In using the device a roll of paper or drawings 15 is placed in the trayor receptacle 11 and the brackets drawn out until the roll is locatedbeneath the front portion of the table without projecting the receptaclebeyond the front edge of said table, and then the free end of the paperis drawn up through the slot in the table and then drawn rearwardlyacross the top of the table. As the paper is withdrawn from the roll 15,so as to expose new portions thereof, the free end of the paper isformed into another roll 16, which rests upon the top of the table atthe back thereof. l/Vhen not in use, the paper is returned to the roll15 and the brackets pushed back from the front edge of the table, so asto be out of the way when not in use. It will here be noted that theroll-holding means supports the roll in position for convenient accessto draw the material therefrom and pass it upwardly through the slot 12and thence across the top of the table, and when the device is in usethe roll-holder is not projected beyond the front edge of the table;otherwise it would interfere with the draftsman.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the device ofthe present invention is entirely complete in itself and capable ofbeing readily attached to any ordinary drawing-table or drawing-boardwithout altering the same and when fitted in place does not interferewith the use of the board or table in the usual manner, while at thesame time it supports a roll of paper or drawings in position to beconveniently unrolled and drawn across the top of the table.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is-.

1. A roll-holder for drawing-tables comprising a pair of spacedguideways having means for connection with the under side of a table,brackets slidabl y hung from the guideways, and a roll-holder detachablycarried by the brackets.

2. A roll-holder for drawing-tables comprising a pair of spacedguideways having means for connection with the under side of a table,brackets slidably hung from the guideways and provided at their forwardends with seats, and a roll-holding receptacle detachably supported inthe seats of the brackets.

3. A roll-holder for drawing-tables comprising a pair of spacedguideways having means for connection with the under side of a table andprovided in their under sides with internally-flanged grooves, bracketshaving top flanges working in the grooves of respective guideways andterminating at their forward lower ends in forwardly-directed seats, anda roll-holding receptacle detachably supported in the seats.

4. A drawing-table having a pair of brackets hung from the under sidethereof and provided at their forward ends with open-topped seats spacedbeneath the table and in rear of the front edge thereof, and anopen-topped roll-containing receptacle removably supported in the seats.

5. A drawing-table having a transverse slot intersecting the top andbottom thereof adjacent the front edge of the table, spaced guidewaysprovided upon the under side of the table and leading rearwardly fromthe slot, a pair of brackets slidably hung from the guideways andprovided at their forward ends with seats spaced below the table-top,and a roll-holder mounted in the seats in substantial parallelism withthe slot.

6. A roll-holder for drawing-tables comprising a pair of guideways, eachguideway consisting of a back havingattaching-flanges and oppositelongitudinal pendent inturned flanges forming a slotted channel, abracket for each guideway, each bracket consisting of a bar which issubstantially T-shaped in crosssection to slide within one of theguideways, a pendent arm at the front of the bar with the lower end ofsaid arm terminating in a forwardly directed upturned hook shaped seat,an inclined brace extending from the lower end of the arm upwardly andrearwardly to the bar, and an open-topped rollcontaining receptacleremovably supported in the seats.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS KING.

Witnesses:

EMIL B. RAY, R. J. F. S. DREYFUS.

